Process of manufacturing cereal food.



H. D. PBRKY, DBG'D. L. SPAEKB. ADMINISTRATOR. PROCESS OF MANUFAOTURING CBREAL FOOD.

APPLICATION rLnD JAN.19, 1906.

1364 164. Patented June 10, 1913.

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HENRY D. PERKY, OF GLENCOE, MARYLAND; LABAN SPARKS, ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID FERRY, DECEASED, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE SHBEDDED WHEAT COMPANY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING CEREAL FOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented June 10, 1913.

Application filed January 19, 1906. Serial No. 296,872.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY D. PERKY, a citizen of the United States, resident of Glencoe, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Processes of Manufacturing Oereal Food; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a plate which nay be used in the process. Fig. 2 shows filaments. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a filament. v

The invention relates to the reduction of cereals for food, and it consists in a new process ot' manufacture, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of this invention'is to provide a tender and well cooked form of breakfast food from cereals, and particularly from corn or maize, and a process for manufacturing the same.

In describing the invention, it will be illustrated in its application to corn, which 'for this purpose is deprived of the hull by any ordinary means, and is reduced by grinding. The flour or meal, mixed with about an equal quantity of water or so much as it will take up in cooking, is placed in a vessel, which is then closed in a watertight, or nearly water-tight manner. The vessel, with its inclosed content, is then imnersed in boiling water or Steam until the material is thoroughly cooked, when the content of the vessel will be in a manner set, because ot' the abso'ption of the Water by the particles of the material, and their agglutinatiori. This content on being left to stand will harden on cooling into cake form, having a degree of solidity which renders it available in this process. It is also thoroughly cooked. This material is then pressed through the perforations of a thin plate with a transverse or rubbing motion, causing cut-ofl' shoots of the material to protrude'. Perforated Sheet tin may be used, or Wire cloth, or a steel plate having per-forations provided with thin, rasp-like or cut ting margins. The perforatons for the production of a very delicate and tender article should be of fine character, so that the resultant elongated forms or threads produced' by the passage of the material through the perforations will be of small diameter, and therefore capable of being quickly dried.

The cake of material may be placed in a holder whereby it maybe rubbed across the perforations of the plate with sufficient pressure to cause it to pass through the perforations with such speed as may be suitable to its consistency. Or, the cake may be held in a stationary manner, and motion given to the plate. In either case, the pressure required is designed, to be put on the cake of material to feed it to the plate. Because ot tlis rubbing, or reciprocating motion in pressing the material through the perforations, each form or filament produced thereby is an elongated accumulation of divers successive cut-portions or Sections connected together by their cut faces. In this way, the product is rendered seetional or semi-jointed incharactcr, tender, all the st-iter and larger articles being divided, so that its structure is more delicate than it would be if formed by direct pressure through a motionless or still plate. And, when the perforations are small, the material will be curved or curled lengthwise in the product. The curved filaments are light and are designed to be strong enough to hold their form without breaking down or agglomerating until dried. For this purpose they may be dropped through a heated flue, or may be collected on a receiver and dried in an oven. The filameuis' will dry rapidly and uniformly, because of their lightness'and crenated form. This product is intended to provide a light, short and well cooked breakfast food, which consists purely of the grain, and is designed to have an inviting appearance.

Having described the invention. what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent s A process of reducing corn, which consist-s in cooking ground corn mixed with a limited amount of water, and cooling the rcsultant to a set or caked condition, pressg mamee:

ing the material of the cake by a, movement In testimony Whereof I afix my signaof reciprocation through a perforated plate ture, in presence of two' Witnesses.

and thereby forming separate light fila- NRY PERKY ment-s thereof,- drying these filaments :in 5 separated condition by causing them to fall Witnesses:

or gravitate through a hot-air fiue, and WM. C. BREED,

finally collecting the product. L. S. BURBANK. 

